Miss. off bottom of Kids Count list

10:20 PM,
Jun. 24, 2013

Written by

Ruth Ingram
| ringram@clarionledger.com

Mississippi children are finally off the bottom of the list for Kids Count, a national report that gathers state statistics on the well-being of children and families, a national organization says.

It's the first time in 24 years that the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which organizes the Kids Count report, has put Mississippi at 49th instead of 50th. The foundation says Mississippi improved in statistics gathered on health and education, according to data compiled on the national organization's website. Even so, almost a third of Mississippi's children live in poverty, the foundation ...